Variables of Digital Media and its Reflections on the Values and Stability of Family ConstructionField Study in Kurdistan Region of Iraq

Abstract

The current research aims to detect the level of the impact of digital media on the problems of the value system of the Kurdish family، and to identify the most important media means degilatally impact on the value system of the Kurdistan family، and to know the extent of the impact of the media in the consolidation of the values ​​according to gender variable (Male and Female). Based on the literature and previous studies in order to achieve the objectives of the research، researchers have built a tool for the current research consists of (25) paragraphs distributed over four areas are (digital use، values ​​of community participation، values ​​of community belonging، family ethical values) and has four alternatives (permanent  - sometimes - never - often) and each alternative a certain weight (4,3،2،1) for the positive paragraphs and vice versa negative paragraphs were the highest score of the scale (100) and the lowest score (25) and the hypothetical mean is (62.5). The researchers identified some individuals from university students، employees and self-employed workers and selected (200) males and females. Then After applying the scale، the researchers extracted the sincerity of the tool through the methods of characterizing the paragraphs and the relationship of the paragraph to the total score. The results have showen that the level of influence of digital media in the consolidation of values ​​within a high level of impact، and the results showed that Facebook is the most influential media means of the media remained such as newspapers، digital and social networking sites, also, the results showed that there were statistically significant differences in the gender variable (males and females) in the family and in favor of males in the degree to which their values ​​were influenced by their communication with the digital media. In light of the finding, the researchers reached a number of recommendations and suggestions